Mariska Hargitay remembers it like it was yesterday. She was 30, and she saw that Italian entertainer Nelson Sardelli — the ...

Hargitay was 25 years old when she found out the former Las Vegas entertainer was her biological father — not Mickey Hargitay ...

Jayne Mansfield’s press agent — first revealed in his 1974 biography, The Tragic Secret Life of Jayne Mansfield, that Mariska ...

Mariska Hargitay revealed that she spent Father's Day with her biological dad, Nelson Sardelli, and that he apologized to her ...

Mansfield, who died in 1967 at age 34, was a Hollywood icon who starred in the films ‘Too Hot to Handle’ and ‘Promises!

SVU' star explores her family's history in the new documentary 'My Mom Jayne,' out June 27 on HBO Max. See photos of her ...

Mariska Hargitay reflects on finding out about her father Nelson Sardelli, her family journey and the emotional documentary 'My Mom Jayne' ...

Actress Jayne Mansfield clutches her dog, "Galena," as she poses with nightclub entertainer Nelson Sardelli in Los Angeles, April 30, 1963.